Such wonderful moments you managed to capture on this manual focus lens!

Thank you for the detailed review Jimmy

I have to hand it to you, Jimmy, you are one of my favourite presenteres, in enthusiasm as well as in really practical, phototechnical terms. Congrats! You are also costing me a lot of money, as I seem to go ahead and buy lenses you show in your videos 🤗🤩📷. Have not regretted a single purchase, though 🥳 Please keep up the great work! I will follow you, I promise.

Thank you - I really enjoyed this review! I loved seeing your work - really great seeing what you do.... and the music was a great !!! Thank you

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! Glad you enjoyed the video

Seems like very good value, Jimmy.

Nice review. Certainly a lens to keep an eye on.

This is really interesting! I'm a big fan of the Laowa 1.8 since that's very, very sharp wide open! Even more so than the Olympus option and this one looks to be another winner.

the flare monster

I love manual lenses. is much more fun and rewarding for me. this will be an instant buy! thanks for the video! :)

really nice one

For real, those images are really really Beautiful.

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! I love those images too

Laowa Waowa! I must have it! Thanks for a great review!

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan!!

Looks like a very nice lens and a great addition to mFT. Too bad they didn't add the same amount of electronic support as with the new 6mm/f2. That is the nicest manual lens from this perspective I used so far.

Great Review as usual! Let’s hope the 10k work out;) Which of the two lenses has more vignetting, when shooting wide open - the Olympus or the Laowa?

Wow, the images shot with this lens have a great look 👍

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Yes it certainly does and I love the character of this lens. The results speak for it all

@MrTifoso31

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography one question: the 25mm 0.95 is known to have a pretty long focus ring turn from near to infinity. Is the 18mm similar in that regard?

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

@@MrTifoso31 much shorter than 25mm which I also have

l love my 17/1.2. Since I am retired mostly, I take photos for myself. You mentioned having the 17/1.2 Would this be a good complement for that lens to give a different look for wide angle photos used to make prints? Which is 90% of what I do now.

A few words about comparison to the Mitakon 17mm f 0.95 which you reviewed 2 years ago, would have been interesting. That one is bit soft wide open,but really good otherwise. I believe the flare is less pronounced, but haven’t used it much outdoors. I am disappointed that Laowa does not incorporate EXIF data in their Argus line. I have that in my 10mm f 2.0 and it really helps with handling and auto correction.

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

I agreed. But at the same time, I can set up custom mode on camera for all IBIS and other info. It’s the quality that counts. This is definitely way better than Mitakom.

@hauke3644

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography I‘ll stick with the MZuiko Pro…

Very impressive lens. In truth, I have really missed my Zuiko 17/1.2, but this will for sure solve that problem, and then some, I think. Nicely done!!!

It looks like a great lens, pity they didn't add the electrical connection to the camera. That way the camera would know what your aperture setting is.

Great example shots. Great to see that not the tools, but the artist makes the art 👍

Thanks for the review. You said that this Laowa 18mm APO is better than the Laowa 25mm APO? My complement of lenses mostly for video production include Laowa 7.5mm, Olympus 17mm, Olympus 12-40mm and Panasonic 42.5mm. Would you recommend the 25mm over the 18mm given the lenses I have at the moment? Thank you.

Looks like a great lens, a very beautiful bokeh, but I don't see any option to change my AF and weather sealed 17mm PRO for such a lens.

Would this lens be appropriate for a small concert in a pub, low light, flash not allowed, musicians seated with stationery spotlight/s ??? Lumix g9, not a pro (i usually do close up & macro), so i am really outta my comfort zone here, but would like some nice memories. Thanks in advance for any recommendations, be it this or something else. ☮️💟

Hardly to have money to buy gas for the heating this winter, so no toys for me..

@corykphotography

Жыл бұрын

You aint alone, same here in Indiana USA. Although I am asking my wife and family if they will pull together to get me a Godox AD200 strobe light for my Christmas gift.

Can you do a beginner video on m43 and manual focusing hints and tips.

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

I will try.

Neat lens, though I feel like I'd be splitting hairs in handling between this and the f/1.2 Olympus lens for choice of fast 35mm, even if price weren't a factor. For the sake of simplicity, I'll stick with the Oly lens. Lovely photos, and what lens was used for the video?

@LegendaryGauntlet

Жыл бұрын

Look at the end. He used a Zuiko 17mm f1.2 for that video.

Hi, I was thinking on investing to start doing some photo sessions in between jobs, and would like to get a 17mm-ish lens, but since I saw this one that I'm on doubt if I should invest on the Olympus 17mm f1.2 or if this one would suffice (for taking photos to children without AF may be a challenge though). What about the Panasonic 15mm 1.7? This would be already too wide, right? Thanks

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Oh photographing children is always challenging. AF is probably a better route. This manual lens is great but perhaps better suited for more 'controlled' subjects. ahaha I think If you are already thinking 17mm 1.2, then that's probably the best AF lens in that range right now and there's no comparison.

@NunoCoelho_carrots99

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography thank you very much for your feedback, cheers

Hey Jimmy, for environmental portrait shhots would you still choose this Laowa over the M.Zuiko 20mm? If so, is it all about the 0.95 over 1.4, the price, or is it the character of the lens?

@mtcrun

Жыл бұрын

Also, which direction does the focus ring work - like Olympus or like Panasonic?

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Same as Olympus in terms of focus direction. In terms of optics, this is better than 20mm and on par with 17mm 1.2 pro

@mtcrun

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography thanks Jimmy! Wow! This sounds like an amazing lens then!

Does the OM System auto focus work with this lens or is it 100.0% manual?

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

It's 100% manual so you will have to enable manual focus assist in camera.

whats the difference from using this loawa lens vrs a vintage lens with a speed booster! takummar has some great lenses!

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Laowa is made for modern sensors this lens, in particular, is much sharper than any vintage lenses. It also resist flare better. And of course, you won't find a 18mm 0.95 vintage lens anywhere, most of the ultra fast lenses are 50mm.

hey friend! which lens has better image quality at wide aperture: the laowa argus 18mm f/0.95 or the Zhongyi Mitakon T1.0?

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Argus by far, it's the best performer so far.

@renato.reboucas

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography thank you!

How does this Laowa compare to Voitlander 17.5mm F0.95?

@emudojo

Жыл бұрын

or the 17mm 9.95 speedmaster mitacon

Jimmy - how would you compare this lens to the Voigtlander 17mm?

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

Much much better and sharper wide open

@blackice5649

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography wow must be an incredible lens! I love my Voigtlander - its incredibly sharp. Big learning curve but well worth it!

@nightdonutstudio

7 ай бұрын

@@Red35Photography Which one do you mean is better?

Hi, which Camera Strap do you use in this Video?

@Red35Photography

6 ай бұрын

WANDRD camera strap :)

@manheinz99

6 ай бұрын

@@Red35Photography Thanx :-) Great Video

The vignetting is very noticeable in most of your sample shots here. Some are even annoying unless you happen to like potholing look with light visibly fading not just at the edges but almost half the distance into the center from the sides. As there is no clear sample here but how is its resistance to comatic flare at the widest aperture? Does it need to be stopped way down?

What lens was this video shot on? The bokeh is a little messy; it's hard to see the lens / camera in medium shots where the (filming) camera is focused on your face.

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

It’s shot in Olympus 17mm 1.2. The camera is set to face track so it won’t focus on anything else. This is a downside for self-filming

@Evanrodge

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography Thanks for the reply! Self-filming ain't easy, totally understand.

You sold me.

I really dont understand these lenses. I own both mft and FF systems, and the advantages of mft will always be size. Just for the sake of comparison, this lens weights 500g !!!, doesnt have autofocus, oly 17 f1.2 weights 390g and my sony FE 35mm 1.8 weights 280g... And... for the people that say, well the cameras are smaller... Om1 weights 600g, and my sony a7c weights 509g... So i get FF sensor plus more bokeh plus lower weight!!! than mft. Thats why i really like the small zooms (leica 12-60) (lumix 12-32), and tiny primes like the leica 15mm f 1.7 and oly 45mm f 1.8. This is where mft shines!

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

These lenses are all about optics, you won't find 0.95 lenses for this price/performance. It isn't just about DoF/Bokeh or AF speed, there are a ton of people don't need AF but speed, in terms of light gathering and overall optics performance. I've used this lens in almost complete darkness and managed to handheld a shot and used only ISO 800, you can do that in FF with similarly priced lens but they will be slower and you will need to push the ISO well beyond 6400 to get the same shot, if you are lucky. This is why.

@sbgaming4794

Жыл бұрын

@@Red35Photography thats exactly the point, low light is a weakness of mft, a different size sensor would be better for this kind of work. There is literally a FF laowa 35mm f 0.95... its Just... fullframe and it costs 649$... Look i understand options are nice, but the truth is for low light a bigger sensor is better and there are also cheap and lightweight options to do the same job.

@--Mano--

Жыл бұрын

​@@sbgaming4794 Not everyone can afford or wants to have another/additional camera system. Your a7c is 3 times more expensive than let's say Panasonic GX9. M43 system is very versatile, you can go super light and small but you can go bigger for specific needs (bright aperture etc.) that also is an advantage. It will always be more beneficial to buy one more lens for one's existing system (even if it is not the best in terms of price/performance to other system's lenses) than buying another camera system (new body).

@sbgaming4794

Жыл бұрын

@@--Mano-- yeah, thats actually a good point. But the example i gave you cost me 1500$ (camera and lens). So price is a significant difference between the systems. But if you go big... price and weight begins to not be so different than full frame.

What a shame no autofocus

@Red35Photography

Жыл бұрын

I actually don’t mind for my type of photography. I used to use Leica manual lenses for portraits so that’s all good for me.